Filing Cabinet

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
24mm · f/8.0 · 1/2 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

An open filing cabinet sits within the abandoned Sundell Holden complex. Its empty drawers contain only dust, a silent reminder of the company's industrial operations and its eventual closure.

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In situ

Filing Cabinet at Sundell Holden, moved to the middle of the paint shop as a bench from graffiti artists to work from.Filing Cabinet at Sundell Holden, moved to the middle of the paint shop as a bench from graffiti artists to work from.Filing Cabinet at Sundell Holden, moved to the middle of the paint shop as a bench from graffiti artists to work from.Filing Cabinet at Sundell Holden, moved to the middle of the paint shop as a bench from graffiti artists to work from.Filing Cabinet at Sundell Holden, moved to the middle of the paint shop as a bench from graffiti artists to work from.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Filing Cabinet
Series
Graffiti & Urban Decay
Catalogue
GUD-009
Process
Giclée
Captured
8 November 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/2 s
ISO
100
Focal length
24 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
02 LOCATION

Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Moved to the middle of the paint shop as a bench from graffiti artists to work from.

Brett Patman

Graffiti & Urban Decay

The series

Graffiti & Urban Decay

54 photographs

Buildings don't stay empty. Once the owners leave, somebody else arrives. Walls that were blank become a record of who came through and when. Graffiti isn't vandalism on these surfaces , it's the only remaining evidence that anyone cared enough to be here.Urban spaces mid-collapse. The gap between what a building was built for and what it became.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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